In a year of notable advances in the cause of gender equality, American women
have climbed into racing cars at the Daytona 500 and two plucky women have
even been permitted to join the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.

Yet one male-dominated preserve remains, in plain sight, at the very heart of
American culture. There are still no female players in the National Football
League.

A woman from New York will try to change that tomorrow by competing at an NFL
trial at the training ground of the New York Jets.